Meaning

noun a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant

noun the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it

noun the activity of flying a glider

originFrom Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleydʰ-. Cognate with West Frisian glide, glydzje, Low German glieden, Dutch glijden, German gleiten, Norwegian Nynorsk gli, Danish glide, Swedish glida, Finnish liitää.

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